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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS

844 PM MDT THU AUG 14 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN KIT CARSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...STRATTON...BURLINGTON...BETHUNE...

  SOUTHERN YUMA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...KIRK...IDALIA...HALE...BONNY

  RESERVOIR...



* UNTIL 1145 PM MDT



* AT 838 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER

  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.



RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 INCH IN TEN MINUTES HAVE BEEN MEASURED AND REPORTED 

BY COOP AND MESONET OBSERVATIONS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 

2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 3982 10263 3983 10205 3904 10206 3905 10263



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